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| Ctrl_Alt_Del | Restart MS-DOS (boot) | |
| Ctrl_c | Stop running command | |
| Ctrl_s | Stop/Start screen-scrolling | |
| F1 | Copy one character from key-buffer to command line | |
| F2 <c> | Copy characters up to <c> in key-buffer Ex: F2 e : copy characters up to the first e in key-buffer |
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| F3 | Copy all remaining characters in key-buffer | |
| F4 <c> | Skip characters up to <c> in the key-buffer | |
| F5 | Copy current line to key-buffer | |
| F6 | Put Ctrl_z ('end-of-file') character in key-buffer Ctrl_z = ascii 26 (1Ah) |
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| Ins | Toggle Insert/Overwrite mode | |
| Del | Skip one character in the key-buffer | |
| Esc | Clear current command line - and leave key-buffer unchanged |
Keys may be redefined when ANSI.SYS is installed
DOS - File names
File names: max 8 chars
File extensions: max 3 chars
Legal characters:
A-Z, a-z, 0-9, $%'-@{}()~!#&
Invalid file names:
aux, clock$, com1, com2, com3, com4, con, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, lst, nul, prn
Valid file extensions:
aux, com, con, lpt, lst, nul, prn